The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-14

wss written "Fair Harvard" the song
which 10 90 popular at every Hsryard
commencement. Il was written BY Rev.
Samuel Gilman, D. D., for. the SOoth an
nivcrsary of the college in 1885. A copy
Of the song, and portrait Of it, author,
were, in January, 1885, presented to the
annex bv Mrs. Caroline Howard Gilman.
and form an interesting decoration OF the
room where the song was written nan
century ago. The third hoor
contains the library-the pleasantest
room in the house-the chemical and phys
ical laboratories and the botanical room.
The furnishings are in har .nony with
the quiet dignity of the institution, and
there are many gifts from friends Of the
annex. The main hall is decorated with
several fine crsts from Michael Angelo
and from the nti lue. One, OF friese
in the Parthtn no1 is the gift Of Hon.
Martin Brimn er. The drawing-room
contains busts of Hermes. and Of the We.
nus de Milo, and large copy OF Titian's
bella Donna" hangs over the mantle. A
fine ca, bon photo yraph OF Guido's "Au-
rora" hangs in one Of the erecitation-rooms.
In the library ther ,is an interesting series
of portraits of distinguished authors,
bearing their autograph signatures, pre-,
sentedby Colonel T w .Higginson. A small
1
Miss Sarah Freeman Clarke-was painted
by that English woman artist who Is said
to have been the original OF George
Eliot's Dorothea Casaubon. The library
has perhaps 1900 well-selected volumes,
and is steadily gr ,wing into valuable
collection. Two ses cont ain the Bessie
Hincks men orial 300 volumes of mod
ern English clas, cs, presented by Cen
eral F.. w. Hinc ., in memory Of his
daughter, who wa one of the b,st-loved
members of the class of 1887, and was
burned to death in July, 1885.
The Harvard Annex Is, as far as know,
the only educational institution In this
country where there are no rules for per
sonal conduct, and need for any. me
department of discipline is In the hands
of the secretary, but in the seven
years thus far passed there has been no
offense against morality or deccrum that
has called for attention from Mr.. Gilman.
The young ladies come to Cambridge for
an education. They are aided in secur-
ing pleasant boarding places by the ladies
of the executive committee, and occa-
sional social calls are made upon them.
But there is no intention of directing
their movements or in any way interfer-
ing with their liberty. The young ladies
have thus far, without single excep-
tion, proved themselves worthy OF being
thus trusted.
For social purposes the students have
an Idler Club, which meets every fort
night for mental improvement debat.
ing society, which settles important
questions in politics, philosophy and
ethics Every Wednesday Mrs. Agassiz
l. who stands at the head of the executive
is committee, gives social afternoon tea
|. to the young ladies in the drawing room
!, which Is heartily enjoyed, and to which
an occasional favored friend Is admitted
The Idler Club has also lately given al
N "at home" to the friends of the institu
l. tion in Cambridge, Boston, and else
q, where.
The expense of securing the advan
- tages of the annex Is moderate, thougl
"a there is no special effort to adjust 1t t.
a. people of very limited means. The pric
ye for q years tuition is $500. Board an.
is incidentals will scarcely cost less thai
be S4OO more for the year. The certificat
- given to graduates in the regular cours
~ Is as nearly equivalent to the degree 9
30 bachelor Of arts given by Harvard Co
ed lege as an unofficial "degree" can b
IN, Whether Harvard will ever 30 adapt tn
of annex as to grant its graduates genuin
NJ degrees, it is idle to prophesy; but theI
is no doubt that such step would
y. hailed with great satisfaction by th
ns friends of the annex.
'ar MI. Arthur Gilman, who with his viii
,es Is responsible for the creation OF II
lg- Harvard Annex and who has been i
In head and manager from the beginning,
in a bern aducator as well as literary ms
cs, of high attainments. Heis-a native
ed Illinois, coming of an old New Englar
ne family whose progenitors came to Bo
by ton in 1888, two years after the birth
all Harvard College. Born in 1887, he WI
lrd educated in New York and began his a
No tive career as banker in that city. II
aal health failing, he removed to Yves
8 q ern Massachusetts, where he spe
, it some time in farming, mingling wi
ng it . good deal Of philanthropic al
educational work. He became reside
I'M of Cambridge in 1870, where his litera
'ay life began, his special fields being hi